Scotch & Soda (Eau de Parfum) by Scotch & Soda

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Scotch & Soda Scotch & Soda 2013 Eau de Parfum

7.8 / 10 73 Ratings

A popular perfume by Scotch & Soda for women and men, released in 2013. The scent is green-fresh. It is being marketed by L'Oréal. The perfume is vegan according to the manufacturer.
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Main accords

Green

Fresh

Spicy

Woody

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Galbanum

Petitgrain

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Green tea

Mastic

Pink pepper

Kripzundol

Base Notes

Cedar

Hay

Maté

Dormant Crumble

Perfumer

Barnabé Fillion

Ratings

Scent

7.873 Ratings

Longevity

7.157 Ratings

Sillage

6.860 Ratings

Bottle

7.760 Ratings

Value for money

6.644 Ratings

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4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/29/2026

7Scent 5Longevity 7Sillage

nanossa
14 Reviews

nanossa

1

Refined naturalness

As a user of Aesop body care products, I find in this fragrance the same natural, minimal, more conceptual than eccentric style of the brand. What's written in the pyramid is mostly found one note at a time: petitgrain, green tea (dried, not green leaves), yerba maté, and hay are all there, just a little, but all of them. Clearly, it's nothing to tear your hair out over, but if you're looking for the same sensation as using an Aesop hand cream or shampoo—that is, a refined naturalness—this is the right place.

01/14/2026

9.5Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

Performative
2 Reviews

Performative

1

Smells like a nutty green tea fig piece of heaven

Oh my lordy lord, is it the best thing I have ever smelt. I understand that the promo for this fragrance was being in the Mediterranean on the beach or whatever bull shit but it is more like walking through a fig tree forest while sipping green tea. It is awesome, do not blind buy it though. I need 300 characters for whatever fucking reason so I'll talk about my day. Woke up at 9am, took a shit, ate some breakfast and had sex with a hot woman.

01/11/2026

7.5Scent 4Longevity 4Sillage

merrivane
5 Reviews

merrivane

1

Fossilized woods and bitter greens

Tried Tacit, Above Us, Hwyl and this perfume on strips in store and liked this one the best: it's the most freshly green and least bitter of them all, but still brings in the strong resinous woody body that the house is known for. I find some similarities between the solemnity of this arboreal drydown and Hywl's no-nonsense Hinoki opening.

On skin, it ripens into an earthy and herbal infusion of dried tea leaf and powdered resin -- if there is any fig there, my skin may have eaten it. In fact, I would say the lack of immediate sweetness is the fragrance's hallmark. Peppery mastic provides a bit of a lift and kick, but this perfume, aside from a stringent citrus note in opening, seem to exude the weighted seriousness of firm, sun-baked ground -- it gets you rather up close and personal with the weight of the dry soil and the lone tree dotted with hardened sap, and bitter, oversteeped thermos brews. I liked it better on paper than on myself, as the fruitiness brings some much needed levity to this strident salt-of-the-earth complexity.

3.5 hours later and it's only a vague whisper of tea and woods, generically spa against my wrist.

08/22/2024

Creepwood
5 Reviews

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Creepwood

Top Review 18

Green Freshness Complements the Aesop Range

I like Aesop's fragrances so much that I now buy new releases blindly - so I jumped at the chance when the Aesop online shop offered me 'early access' to Virere. The scent has just arrived, and I find it absolutely wonderful. This will not be a detailed review; I just want to note a few unsorted observations about this new release, which is still quite uncommented here.

- Virere fills a gap in the Aesop range: Fresh, green scents have been somewhat underrepresented so far. The flagship in this segment is Tacit, which I consider to be an almost unbeatable freshie. It’s quite possible that house perfumer Barnabé Fillion was inspired by this production from Céline Barel and wanted to place a 'green' creation alongside Tacit with his signature. Virere does not replace Tacit in any way; the scents are complementary.
- Virere feels almost perfectly balanced. The hay note reminds me a bit of the predecessor scent Ouranon, but here it is embedded in a much lighter, fresher, and spring-like ensemble. I hardly notice the pepper, which I see as an advantage; instead, mate, hay, tea, and bergamot interact and intertwine in a complex way.
- A few minutes after the first spray, the hay note and a certain grassiness come to the forefront. Everything is very balanced, pleasing, and tasteful, as is usually the case with Aesop fragrances. Those looking to stand out or seeking big impact effects will not find it here.
- Some associations: The much-hyped and truly great “Imagination” resonates here, but it lacks sweetness and peppery spice; the hay note takes that place. Coincidentally, I am wearing Aventus today, and maybe I’m imagining things, but I also see a slight kinship here, namely in the skillfully balanced interplay of slightly sour fruitiness and woody notes.
- Although fig is not listed, Virere also reminds me of fragrances like Ichnusa by Profumum Roma, Philosykos by Diptyque, and Figuier Eden by Armani - it’s probably the green, 'leafy' notes (and in the case of Figuier Eden, also the tea note) that invite these comparisons.
Edit: I just noticed on the fragrance packaging that fig is even among the officially listed notes - that explains these associations.

Overall, a very rounded, very pleasant, and only seemingly simple scent. As always with Aesop, it is very subtle and thoughtful here - a house (or rather its house perfumer) that I believe is very underrated shows once again what it can do. And that is a lot.

Updated on 08/22/2024